…as I do reading Consumer Reports. This month (Jan 2007) in the AARP Bulletin their column, The Law, has this question: “Does a retirement community violate federal laws by deciding…
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The Crocodile (or bobcat) Next Door: New (2010) Oregon Exotic Pets Law
The Oregonian ran a story about the new law, 2009 SB 391 (HTML version), which will go into effect January 1, 2010: “Exotic Pets: bad idea, soon to be…
Law Library of Congress Webinars – April 2024
Orientation to Legal Research Webinar: Tracing Federal Regulations Date: Thursday, April 4, 2024, 10:00 a.m. PDT – 11:00 a.m. PDT This entry in the series provides an overview…
Power to Children and the Poor: Utility (power, light, and water) Service
Another type of law library question that we, and public libraries, start hearing as the weather gets colder: Where do I find the law that that says power companies…
Book: “Uscrewed: the consumer’s guide to getting what you paid for”
In my law library we field consumer law questions, as do most librarians in public libraries, law or otherwise. Open up the phone lines to a call-in show on…
California Court Documents: Trial Court Documents and Appellate Court Briefs
…DomainWeb. Searching for dockets is free but retrieving documents is fee based and anyone with a credit card can create an account to retrieve documents. (Visit the Alameda County Law…
Oregon Lawyer Blogs: Oregon & Washington Condo & HOA Law
Lots of lawyers blog, but not all blog about substantive law. Add this one to the growing list of Oregon substantive legal blogs (see sidebar of Blogs-Oregon Legal Topics):…
Ralph Nader plans tort law museum
The 7/30/13 ABA Journal reports: “Ralph Nader plans tort law museum,” article by Debra Cassens Weiss The museum’s location is currently set for Winsted, Connecticut (so you won’t need…
New Law Library Website
We at the Washington County Law Library are pleased to announce the premiere of our newly redesigned website . We’ve reorganized our content and added some new navigation…
Underwater Logging Laws in Oregon
consider doing more research on this yourself at a larger public law library, or even better, consult with an attorney who would be versed in environmental issues and in issues…
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